ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD: A HISTORY IN IMAGES – NONFICTION

ANASTASIA SAMOYLOVA (born in Moscow, 1984) is a Miami-based photographer who explores the intersections of environmentalism, consumerism, politics, and the picturesque. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina; C/O Berlin; Victoria and Albert Museum, Dundee, Scotland; Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid and Barcelona; Amerikahaus Munich; George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia; and Kunst Haus Wien, Vienna. She has previously published four critically acclaimed books: FloodZone (2019); Floridas (2022); Image Cities (2023), published in conjunction with her winning the inaugural KBr Photo Award; and Adaptation (2024).

RICARDO MOR currently serves as the program officer on the Information and Society team at Knight Foundation. He began his career as a freelance journalist, contributing to the Miami Herald as an arts and culture correspondent and opinion columnist. His work has also appeared in Art Agenda, Cultured, and other outlets. He later worked as an arts nonprofit administrator and curator for several Miami-based cultural organizations, including the Miami Center for Architecture & Design, Locust Projects, and Bakehouse Art Complex.